Signal conversion method for display image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484000-B2
Application number	US-201414572781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2014
Priority date	May 29, 2014
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A signal conversion method for a display image is provided. The signal conversion method includes: receiving an image data of the (N−1)th frame; converting the (N−1)th image data to obtain a luminance data; determining a signal tuning gain of an image data of Nth frame according to the image data of the (N−1)th frame, the luminance data and a backlight duty adjusting table; adjusting an image data of Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of Nth frame so as to generate an output image data of Nth frame; and displaying pixels according to the output image data of Nth frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal conversion method for a display image adapted for a display comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels having red, blue, green and brightness sub-pixels, the method comprising:
receiving an image data of a (N−1)th frame through the display, wherein the age data comprises a red pixel data, a blue pixel data and a green pixel data corresponding to each pixel;
obtaining a luminance data according to the image data of the (N−1)th frame;
determining a signal tuning gain of a Nth frame according to the image data and the luminance data of the (N−1)th frame and through a backlight duty adjusting table, wherein the backlight duty adjusting table comprises a plurality of backlight luminances and a plurality of gains respectively corresponded by a plurality of luminance distribution ranges, and the signal tuning gain is determined based on an optimum among a plurality of backlight duties of the display generated according to the luminance data of the (N−1)th frame and the backlight duty adjusting table;
adjusting an image data of the Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of the Nth frame so as to generate an output image data of the Nth frame, wherein the output image data comprises a red output sub-pixel data, a green output sub-pixel data, a blue sub-output pixel data and a luminance output sub-pixel data; and
displaying the pixel by the display for the display image according to the output image data of the pixel.

2. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining the signal tuning gain according to the image data and the luminance data of the (N−1)th frame and through the backlight duty adjusting table further comprises:
calculating a plurality of cumulative pixel numbers corresponding to the backlight duties of the (N−1)th frame based on the backlight duties, and sorting the cumulative pixel numbers in order of magnitude of the backlight duties; and
when the cumulative pixel numbers sorted at the front are greater than a critical number, determining the optimum among the backlight duties corresponding to the cumulative pixel numbers sorted at the front.

3. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 1 , wherein adjusting the image data of the Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of the Nth frame so as to generate the output image data of the Nth frame comprises:
converting the image data of the Nth frame into a luminance data of the Nth frame by a gamma conversion;
after multiplying the luminance data with the signal tuning gain of the Nth frame, performing a signal conversion to generate an output luminance data of the Nth frame; and
converting the output luminance data of the Nth frame into the output image data of the Nth frame via an inverse gamma conversion.

4. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 3 further comprising:
determining a backlight duty of the Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of the Nth frame.

5. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
determining whether the display operates under an indoor mode or an outdoor mode.

6. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 5 further comprising: when the display operates under the outdoor mode, computing the image data according to a fixed gain so as to generate an adjusted image data of the Nth frame.

7. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 6 , wherein the fixed gain equals to 2.

8. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 1 , wherein the backlight duty is a reciprocal of the gain.

9. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 5 , wherein when the display operates under the indoor mode, the backlight duty of the Nth frame satisfies:

0.75
≤

R
255

W
255

≤
0.77

0.75
≤

G
255

W
255

≤
0.77

0.75
≤

B
255

W
255

≤
0.77

0.75
≤

M
255

W
255

≤
0.77

wherein, R 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure red screen image data, W 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure white screen image data, G 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure green screen image data, B 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure blue screen image data, M 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure magenta screen image data, and a NTSC color gamut value of the display is greater than 90%.

10. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 5 , wherein when the display operates under the indoor mode, the backlight duty of the Nth frame satisfies:

0.94
≤

Y
255

W
255

≤
0.96

wherein, Y 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a yellow screen image data, W 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure white screen image data, and a NTSC color gamut value of the display is greater than 90%.

11. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 5 , wherein when the display operates under the indoor mode, the backlight duty of the Nth frame satisfies:

0.79
≤

C
255

W
255

≤
0.81

wherein, C 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a cyan screen image data, W 255 is a backlight duty when the image data is a pure white screen image data, and a NTSC color gamut value of the display is greater than 90%.

12. The signal conversion method for the display image as recited in claim 5 , wherein the backlight duties satisfy:
when the display operates under the outdoor mode, the image data of the Nth frame is a white image, and the red output sub-pixel data, the green output sub-pixel data, the blue sub-output pixel data and the luminance output sub-pixel da

Assignees

• Au Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Lin Hui-Feng
• Cheng Sheng-Wen

Classifications

• G09G3/3406 Primary

  Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336) · CPC title

• G09G5/02 Primary

  characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} · CPC title

• G06V10/56

  relating to colour · CPC title

• G06K9/00691

  Physics · mapped topic

• G09G5/06

  using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables · CPC title